Seven decades after Adolf Hitler sought to stop Jews from competing in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, more than 2,500 Jewish competitors will take part in the 14th European Maccabi Games from Wednesday at the same Olympic Stadium.

The growth of the Sandwich Generation is a global phenomenon as more and more individuals are obliged to financially support their parents, who have not saved enough for their retirement, as well as their children who are leaving home at a later age.

Our road to Hobnobs is down Second Avenue - a thoroughfare once name-checked in a Bright Blue song - and our route takes us through the cosy heart of Harfield Village, a place choked with sidewalk cafes, bistros and bars in a cottagey way.

Dr Michael Mol and John Berry's new cookbook is aimed at the everyday family cook who has their eye on healthier meals, but that doesn't mean dessert is off the menu. Try their recipe for chocolate tartlets

The world is for the first time on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as data from a trial in Guinea showed a vaccine was 100 percent effective.

Conservationists are banding together to save a very secretive creature. Southern Africa's ground pangolin is an indisputably cool mammal - one of the most sought-after creatures on a safari-lover's list, but an animal most of us will likely never see in the wild, thanks to its rarity and secretive nature.

With fewer than 3500 left in the ocean, great white sharks are now more endangered than tigers - yet rogue fishermen are still hunting them down and posing next to their bodies like frustrated great white hunters.